DigitalTraveler42

Oh yeah YECs are nuts and impossible to reason with, I live near a Cavalry Chapel megachurch franchise and they’re all into that.

Congratulations you see action within our own in-groups and assume that’s enough energy, but I wasn’t talking about within our in-groups, of course we’re galvanized against this garbage, but are we enough?

Look at the polls in Texas, despite Paxton and Abbot being shitheels for decades the elections are super close, far more close than they should reasonably be, that’s the fn apathy I’m talking about.

Talk to any former or current Trump or conservative leaning independent and you will usually find the exact same apathy, the exact same “both-siderersisms”, and the same entitlement to something better but no idea how or what.

Most people that aren’t clearly one side or the other see both as equally bad, which is just completely f’d, and are unwilling to recognize the known threat in MAGA over some perceived threat maybe. Undecided Americans had the easiest open book test and have failed three times and will probably fail again, because of ignorance or lying about how they feel about this stuff.

What you see in the cities are not indicative of what the State is going to do politically, and not every state has a New York City to counter the vote of the rest of the state.

My point about the apathy is that far too few are as pissed as they should be about all of this, far too few people can separate the Dems from the MAGAs (which to me, is silly), and far too few Dem politicians grasp the threat MAGA represents, we should be doing “more” we should be organizing quietly, we should be preparing for when it’s time for MAGA to leave power and they won’t leave, just like last time. Also that’s not getting into the useful idiot alternative presidential candidates like Jill Stein or someone like Cornell West, whom are both working for the GOP/MAGA and their donor class and have Russian ties.

And yeah excellent point about rejecting factual information due to being biased against authority due to past failures from said authority, but facts are facts and if you cannot deal with facts then you are just a child and should be barred from serious discussion and decisions.

I’m just so fn tired of people treating blatant liars, mentally ill, and ego-driven hot-takes as equal to educated subject authorities and credible and verifiable facts, I really want to go back to at least the facade of being a serious nation with serious leadership.

So communist, highlights Taiwans colonial past, yet doesn’t want to highlight what China was doing while all that was going on, yet you say you’re against all genocide, can’t be against genocide while leaning Chinese like a tankie, genocides were every bit communist tools as they were tools of Nazis and capitalists, ask Georgia (the country) or anywhere else affected by the USSR.

I know historically none of us have been in the right, no pragmatically ran nation will ever be perfect, nor will one ran by greedy power hoarders like Trump, Putin, Xi, Netanyahu, Erdogan, etc., but that’s the difference, I don’t care what ideology we live under, just as long as our needs are met and we aren’t treated like disposable trash, and these guys listed don’t care about anyone but themselves, they’re comfort, they’re power over others, we can and must do better.

Doing better starts by leaving your biases behind, you seem to be under the assumption that I’m just a typical American nationalist, I’m not, sure I prioritize where I live and exist because you have to, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand the effects that colonialism caused, my family is Irish and Russin Jew, both sides of my family are refugees, and came to these shores as refugees, and while my idiot MAGA father has forgotten that, I sure haven’t.

Overall I don’t know where you are from, but quite obviously I’m gearing up to try and get my family through either a Nazi regime or a civil war, maybe cut me some slack if I’m not thinking about history from 80 years ago in another country, considering what we are all living through now. My issue is the Trump regime and until they are removed from power it’s all I really have room for, as their removal will alleviate so much pressure globally.

It’s really unbelievable until you try to broach these conversations with other Americans, there’s just way too much apathy and entitlement and a sense of “well it’s not going to affect me” until it does.

Even people you would think are allies on topics show you how weird they are once you start hearing all of their uneducated conspiracy takes. The amount of American Gen Z and Gen A that don’t believe in space or the moon landing is astounding, and we (my family) literally live where the moon landing and most American space exploration is launched from, just truly disheartening. Same with flat earth, same with some truly bizarre religious based Ufology.

MAGA knew to attack us in our niche cult Internet spaces, and now they’re all propaganda and disinformation vectors to steer new MAGAs and supremacists to them.

Bro you had zero hesitation jumping straight into colonial grievance politics when it has nothing to do with my point or the point of the post, very sealion-y, very " 'merica bad"-ish.

Taiwan is not an American colony, it’s the remnant of the former Chinese government and the Taiwanese people, and they deserve their independence from mainland China. Honoring our agreements with Taiwan is important, because that’s what credible nations do.

Trump is not credible, he voids the credibility of the US, just like his fake lawyer Press Secretary. Any foreign policy going forward will be akin to Nazi/USSR shit, like what’s going on in the Caribbean where Hegseth has them killing civilians. Any complaints you have about our former foreign policy will have to be shoved up your ass because this new America is becoming something that will make you wish for the old neo-liberal days of America.

I already see idiotic comments about wanting to see the US collapse, but wtf do you think Trump and his terrorists are going to do afterwards, just leave everyone alone? Name a fascist that’s ever been satisfied with what they have, I’ll wait.

My wife and I have been trying to move back for years now, NYC Metro is way too expensive for us, my family comes from Queens and mostly lives on LI, it’s been difficult because of costs, but also because every time we think we’ve got a house we want another buyer swoops in with cash or way more than we can match.

My wife’s family is from the Buffalo Metro area and I’m trying to sell her on moving to Michigan or Canada and just cutting across to see her fam when we need to, I spent a couple of years living in the Detroit Metro area and loved it, and it’s much more affordable.

Overall I’m sure you could find a job, part time or otherwise there’s always work in the city, but you probably wouldn’t be able to afford to live in the city without public assistance or living in public housing, or having a shit load of roommates. The best thing to do is finish school and find a job there that pays well, then move, but even then probably should consider moving to an area that is an easy commute into the city instead.

Trump is begrudgingly the greatest intelligence win ever, but as an American and someone that wants better human rights this shit is a massive loss for all of us, except those too dumb to get that.

Thanks for your completely unbiased and factual take… Except that it’s all wrong because you chose the “America bad” argument while being biased AF.

First, she’s not Chinese born, American born, graduated from Pepperdine University, doesn’t belong to any American Bar association, moved to Beijing after graduation, took a white monkey job at a premiere Beijing law firm, very connected to the party, and then her first job back in the States is becoming the Press Secretary days after Xi visited, and also claims to belong to the Chinese Bar association, which foreigners are banned from. It’s all very fishy.

Second that’s not the point I was making at all, no country should want some other country’s intelligence asset that close to leadership, that’s the point I’m making.

Also you are either severely naive or acting on bad faith if you’re saying wealthy connected Chinese have no power in the US, especially under this particular administration.

It’s always been a three way split for world dominance and China has been playing just as hard as the rest of their opponents, they literally are constantly buying up American land and assets, as well as Canadian and others, take your blinders off or stop trying to sealion me.

The current US Press Secretary is 100% a Chinese spy, infiltration complete, sadly.

Bonus, former Transportation Secretary and Mitch McConnell’s wife ran home to China when Mitch went into hospice care.

Lastly, Wendy Deng was Putin’s ex gf, current partner of Rupert Murdock, owner of Newcorp/Sun, Fox News, NY Post, and many more, is also a Chinese spy.

All the worst people we know are all working together against us for power and control over us.

Trump’s most obvious Chinese spy Press Secretary:

“I’m a lawyer, I passed the bar in China” (and nowhere else)

Sure sweetie, the Chinese Bar that foreigners can’t take, working a white monkey job for a Beijing law firm, then her first job back in the States is as Trump’s Press Secretary, 100% a spy.

“Put me back in the wrong cutlery block slot, now!!”

Paperwork from when she was 12…

Plenty of kids who aren’t fat, or are barely even eating, get this kind of treatment, it’s gross and abusive.

My nephew on my wife’s side was treated this way by my BiL’s ex, when they recovered him he was super under weight, while his once pretty and very petite mother was super overweight, sick shit, she had the cabinets and fridge chained up, went to jail, lost custody.

The satanic panic losers always strike me as insincere and performative, but they’ll use it to slander, abuse, and dehumanize.

First 100 day agenda should include getting rid of Jeffries and Schumer, and any other of these folks that seem unable to recognize that fascism is in our midst, and lack the willingness to stand up to it.

My dad was part of the police union as part of the DoC of our city, whenever we would discuss unionization efforts elsewhere he would go all against the idea, and then defend his union status, but then again without hypocrisy my dad probably wouldn’t have much at all, and being almost 70, he’ll never change, just another Fox News MAGA casualty.

It’s dehumanization language, make the enemy an “other”.

Some are true believers, but most seem to treat it like a football game or something mentally where as long as their team or the one issue they vote (usually abortion, bigotry or guns) is satisfied they don’t care about all the other performative crap.

I guess we’re getting back to the taxation without representation days.

Our far right conservative wealthy and political class are in almost full rebellion against the people, and our centrists are on their side silently, just like 1930’s Germany.